For one woman, every day is similar to “real life dates” 50.
Nish Pillay, 34, suffered a painful brain injury that led to memory loss and forgot that she had a daughter or who was her boyfriend.
Her story, which resembles film lands such as “The Fow” or “50 Dates First”, is now the subject of the Docu series entitled “50,000 First Dates: A True Story”, which will show the first show on Amazon Prime video on February 11.
“It is one thing that we should live in through these experiences, but their vision has turned into a tangible thing,” she told Jam Press.
“But more than anything else, the most important part of this is increased awareness.”
Since her journey on social media, she said that people told her that they were “feeling a vision” because they have suffered from similar life events.
She said, “This is incredibly modest.”
“This is the type of story that I wish I was when I was younger, and knowing that I can now be this voice for someone else, no honor I do not eat lightly.”
In 2022, Pelay, which is located in Toronto, woke up from a “confused” nap and with an experienced memory, unable to get to know her partner, Johannes Jacob, 32, and did not remember her little daughter.
She made a mistake in Jakope several times for the Rideshare driver, and she fully forgot about her child, who continued to refer to the name of “the child”.
“My daughter called” the child “, which I imagine, was a loud experience. “I would like to say” I have a child? I don't know how to take care of a child! “
Pelay faced head injuries in the past, and believes that modern head shock is likely to have caused memory loss, although she does not have a memory. A journey to a neurologist confirmed that she suffers from concussion and can suffer from multiple seizures that led to memory loss.
She said: “I only keep about 20 % of the new memories – if you asked me about what I did two days ago, I may stare at you and I hope a hint.”
But she gradually heals – with Jacob next to her all the time.
“My health changes day by day, so it is difficult to answer when people ask how to do,” she explained.
“On some days, I feel almost normal and other days, I can't get out of the bed and I am so out that I cannot follow a conversation.”
However, she fell in love with Jakope again as he helped her care, until she learned how to braid her hair.
“Regardless of what, I always knew that it was a safe space.” She was still the one who would choose to go to the doctor's appointments with me or help me shower. “
“Of course, even in my mind, I wanted to marry him.”
Jacob ultimately suggested – although, at first, she was unable to approve legal because of her condition – and the husband welcomed a son in March 2024.
“Many people have indicated our story as 50 dates first or pledge and see similarities – after all, I fell in love for the second time, and I may do this for the rest of my life,” I explained.
Pelay, who has suffered from side effects such as headaches and tremors, is still looking for treatments “to make life easier”.
The Docu-Series series follows Pelay's meeting with the nerve scientist at the University of Toronto, which shed light on her condition, which she said is “exciting” but also “terrifying”.
“I took these results to many neurologists to try to collect a treatment plan,” she said. “Unfortunately, there is still a lot that we do not understand about the human brain, so at the present time, it seems like a spaghetti dumping on the wall and we hope it will stick to something.”
She said that it “took a lot” to open the movie but “really happy” because she did.
“For a long time, I carried a lot of shame because my diagnosis was not very clear, and I knew that some doctors did not fully believe me,” she said, adding that she is now “realizing how common this experience is.”
“I also hope that the documentary will show that real life is not a movie – it is messy, uncertain and incomplete, and that's good.”
